Buffalo Exchange Closes Astoria Shop To Focus On Brooklyn, Manhattan

ASTORIA, QUEENS — Buffalo Exchange, a popular vintage clothing store in the city, will close its only Queens location by the end of the month to focus on its stores in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

The Astoria shop located at 29-16 Ditmars Boulevard will open for the last time on Friday, July 28.

"After 10 years in Astoria, we’re sad to be closing our doors," a Buffalo Exchange spokesperson told Patch. "It’s important to us to remain a sustainable fashion resource for many years to come, so we made the tough decision to refocus efforts on our other NYC stores."

The Arizona-based vintage shop, which has over 30 locations nationwide, allows customers to consign their used and vintage clothing and then sell it to shoppers.

The Buffalo Exchange location on Ditmars Boulevard first opened in 2013, taking the 2,167-square-foot space previously belonging to a Hallmark store.

Through its "Tokens for Bags" program, which donates 5 cents to charity for each customer who accepts a token in exchange for a bag, the vintage clothing shop helped donate funds to the Long Island City-based East River Development Alliance, the Alley Pond Environmental Center in Flushing and the North Shore Animal League on Long Island.

Other New York City locations can be found in Williamsburg, Boerum Hill, Chelsea, Noho and the East Village.